Exhibits & Events
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Curios and Curiosities
March 30, 2010From John Hancock to Head of the Peacock, Wheaton College's 175 years are steeped in history and tradition. Borrowing from the "bits and pieces" model of the scrapbook, Curios and Curiosities is an exhibit intended not to provide a linear timeline of the entire 175 year lifetime, but instead to use some of the treasures and oddities in the Gebbie Archives to illustrate specific episodes and people important to the college. More » -
Cabinets of Curiosities II
January 1, 2010Cabinets of curiosities, known in German as Wunderkammern, literally "room of wonders", became popular in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. In many ways, they were precursors to public museums, which were first established in the seventeenth and eighteenth-centuries. The collections held in Wunderkammern were meant to be encyclopedic and to represent natural and human-made wonders from around the world. More » -
Many Happy Returns: Celebrating Eliza Baylies Wheaton's 200th Birthday
August 30, 2009Did you know that Mrs. Wheaton liked large dogs and fine horses? That she bought the latest fashions in London and Paris in 1862? That she was a teetotaller? More » -
My God, This is a Hell of a Job! - Campaign Buttons through the Years
September 30, 2008Inspired by the hype and competition of the presidential election, we have had the opportunity to launch an exhibition of campaign memorabilia made possible through a donation from former Wheaton College Research Librarian Marcia Grimes. Her collection, which primarily consists of campaign buttons, provides insight into campaign promotions past and present. It reminds us that even the smallest pin can represent the largest ideas. More » -
Stars, Flowers, Feathers, & Leaves: Studying the Sciences at Wheaton
January 25, 2008The images, student notebooks, and other objects presented in this exhibit illustrate the study of sciences and maths from the 1830s to the present. They show that the approach to teaching the fundamentals of science and math emphasized in this exhibit has not changed markedly since Wheaton's founding. More » -
Cabinets of Curiosity: Collections from the Wheaton Community
November 30, 2007What do members of Wheaton's faculty and staff collect? When asked to curate an exhibition, this question came to the minds of two student employees in the Art History Department. We decided to create an exhibition that would display items from the personal collections of Wheaton faculty and staff, twenty-two of whom loaned items ranging from Buddhist scrolls to doll house families to rubber ducks. More » -
Bicultural Diné (Navajo) Education
October 25, 2007In support of Native Peoples Heritage Month, and of the visit and presentation by four generations of Diné women on November 5 @ 7pm in Hindle Auditorium (image below), this new Wallace Library exhibit explores the history of traditional and western education of the Diné through artifacts, books, and videos. More » -
Art of the Book
May 1, 2007In the spring of 2007, students in Art History 398: The Art of the Book, asked several questions. What is a book? How does one read? How do images and written texts complement each other? In following the evolution of the recorded word from roll to codex, they explored the efflorescence of decorated and illuminated manuscripts from antiquity to the Renaissance. More » -
Global Days for Darfur
April 25, 2007Global Days for Darfur is part of a nationwide movement to increase awareness of the extreme human rights violations occurring in the Sudan and on borders of Chad and Central African Republic. The Wheaton College Divestment from Sudan Committee and the Library has sponsored an exhibit of readings and videos on the Sudan and the genocide, as part of our week of action at Wheaton. More » -
Will at Wheaton: Shakespeare in the Theatre, in the Classroom and in our Daily Lives
March 21, 2007In support of the Ruby Lecture Series, featuring Stephen Greenblatt, renowned scholar of Renaissance literature and author of Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare in the Holman Room, Mary Lyon on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30pm, Wallace Library will mount an exhibit featuring the history of Shakespeare at Wheaton. More »
